1. Amanda, of Stevenage, Herts, is now desperately trying to wean Cherie off.

2. Herts& Essex Sports Centre, Beldams Lane Bishops Stortford, UK, CM23 5LH

3. David Percy-Griffiths, Gilston, Herts Yes, but it is the submariners that pong.

4. My great-great grandmother was Susannah Mary Backler, great-great grand-daughter of Samuel Backler of Ashwell, Herts

5. The Ware Society of Cogers meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the Cellar Bar: The Brewery Tap, 83 High St, Ware, Herts SG12 9AD .

6. Over the past few years, I have enjoyed researching the life and times of one branch of this family – the descendants of Samuel Backler, Vicar of Ashwell Herts, who died in Ashwell in 1720, his birth date suspected to be 1662, but that is unconfirmed.